Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge: Summer

Best Wishes

At Simon Says Stamp the Monday Challenge theme is 'Summer'. Apart from the green nature and the clear blue sky the summer means weddings to me. It is the season that most people are getting married here in Sweden. So are the friends of my friend so I made yet another wedding card for her to chose from!

I love this elegant pearlescent envelope!

This card I used comes with a pearlescent envelope so I used some pearlescent papers on the card as well. I die-cutted a pattern on the pearlescent strip of paper and attached some butterflies in different pearlescent colors. I stamped and embossed a greeting on a piece of pergament paper and glued two sequins on it.A very simple card but yet elegant.




Butterflies

MATERIAL:
STAMPS:
Hero Arts - Messages JS144
DIES:
QuicKutz - Special Delivery
Spellbinders - Les Papillons
INK:
Emboss - Embossing Stamp
Panduro - Embossing Powder: white
OTHER:
Card and envelope from Panduro
Pergament paper
Pearlescent papers
Sequins from Dollarstore

En Liten Butiks juniutmaning



Congratulations!

I En Liten Butiks juniutmaning skulle man inspireras av en skiss. Twisten var att göra det till ett grattiskort, använda glitter och använda turkost! Spännande tyckte jag, och fick efter att ha blivit inspirerad av Sunrise Stamper ihop detta kort.



En Liten Butiks skiss

Ja, det är ju inte så mycket att säga om kortet. Jag har använt en söt die från Wild Rose Studio. Man behöver inte så mycket mer då, tycker jag. Jag hade endast på lite glitter på hjärtanen och så målade jag fåglarna med Twinkling H2O's. Tyckte de blev tog över lite för mycket så jag mattade ned dem med Matte Accents. Jag gillar hur enkelt och stilrent kortet blev.
Jag har använt ett pärlemorskimrande papper. Kuvertet till kortet är också skimrande, ett riktigt fint set från Panduro.
Jag har svårt att göra bara ett kort när jag ändå håller på så jag fick ihop några stycken med lite olika utseende. Bland annat blev det ännu ett kort till min kompis så hon får lite bröllopskort att väja mellan (jag tror jag är uppe i 5 - 6 st nu!). På bröllopskortet använde jag lite Matte Accents på fågelparet och hjärtanen i trädet. På de övriga korten så lät jag det räcka med den snirkliga hälsningen.

Ännu ett bröllopskort!

Thinking of you

Just a note

MATERIAL:
STÄMPLAR:
Lawn Fawn - Penelope's blossoms
Simon Says Stamp - the word 'Love'
FÄRG:
Emboss - Embossing Stamp Pad
Vitt embossingpulver från Panduro
Distress Glitter - peacock feathers
Inkessentials - Matte Accents
Twinkling H2O's - Rich Cocoa, Apple Blossom
DIES:
Wild Rose Studio - Love Bird Tree
Spellbinders - Sentiments Four, Sentiments Five
ANNAT:
My Minds Eye - So Sophie
Kort och kuvert från Panduro
Paljetter från Dollarstore
Vellum

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge

Wedding card in white

I decided to join the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge with another wedding card of the collection of cards (!) I made for my friend. The challenge is 'Anything goes'.

White on White

I really like this card and envelope set from Panduro. The envelope is pearlescent. Very wedding! The two butterflies are also pearlescent in two different colors, one matches the envelope and the other one is more yellow (champagne).
A have added more glitter to the charm since I wanted the whole card to sparkle.

Störst av allt är kärleken - Greatest of all is love

MATERIAL:
STAMP:
Störst av allt är kärleken - ?
DIES:
Quickutz: Special Delivery
Spellbinders: Les Papillons S4-371
OTHER:
Card & envelope from Panduro
Vellum
Pearlescent paper
Round-it-all - Zutter
Sequins from Dollarstore
3D Crystal Glaze - YouDo
Glitter flakes from Panduro
Glitter from Panduro
Charm

DaliART - Colour of the Month challenge - June



I am in love with butterflies at the moment!

In DaliART's Colour of the Month challenge you are supposed create something in light purple. Easy peasy! I love light purple!

I decided to make a few more wedding cards for my friend to chose from, so I made another wedding card. Wedding cards that are in just one colour are very striking, I think.
I am in love with all theses stitched dies that are so popular right now, but I haven't afforded one yet. I was thrilled when I found some stiched dies in an old set I've got by Quickutz!

In this card I have die-cutted some flowers in the actual card, used a stiched die to make a pattern and on top of it all I glued die-cutted butterflies. The charm looked very plain so I added some extra glitter to it.

The charm with the extra glitter

MATERIAL:
DIES:
Quickutz: Special Delivery
Spellbinders: Les Papillons S4-371
OTHER:
Card &  Envelope from Panduro
Glitter flakes from Panduro
Gitter from Panduro
Sequins from Dollar Store
3D Crystal Glaze
Charm

Take It Make It challenge - June

My entry for the TIMI challenge

The Take It Make It challenge in June is about a technique, and the technique is 'Texture'.

A few issues ago in Craft Stamper there was an article I really liked: Journal Your Heart Out by Magda Polakow (Craft Stamper May p. 56). I had to try it straight away! The author went through her bin for scrap pieces of paper and fabric which she glued onto a heavy paper with gel medium. She covered it all with a thick layer of gesso. Finally she smeared Gelatos over it and added some Crackle Glaze to a few areas. I stopped after a thin layer of gesso as I wanted the papers to show through a bit. I also wanted the background white.

My husband wanted me to make a card for a co-worker of his who is retirering after 42 years in the same company. I wanted to keep the card quite simple and quite manly, so I figured a piece of this background, a bit of stamping and a charm would be plenty.

42 years of work!
(That is my whole life minus one year!)



Close-up of Crackle Paint

I cut a panel from the the background and distressed the edges with Black Soot. I stamped the number 42 and coloured it with a Distress Marker and added some Distress Crackle Paint over it. Unfortunately the green on the paper beneath it reacted with the Crackle Paint and it got very green.
I added some Distress Paint and some splashes of Distress Stains randomly over the mint green card. Then I stamped different office related stuff directly to the card since my husband and his co-worker work in an office. Finally I added the bike charm since the co-worker likes biking a lot.

Close-up of office stamp

Close-up of layers

MATERIAL:
STAMPS:
Clear Art Stamps - Office 101
Clear Art Stamps - A Sexy Little No.
INK:
Distress Paint - Cracked Pistachio
Distress Marker - Cracked Pistachio
Distress Stain - Cracked Pistachio
Distress Ink Pad - Cracked Pistachio, Black Soot
Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy
StazOn - Jet Black
OTHER:
Card + envelope from Panduro
Baker's Twine  from Granit
Different pieces of scrap papers, fabric and lace
Gel medium
Gesso

Hobbyworld's challenge in June

Mikael & Anna 2015-07-04

My friend asked me to make a wedding card for a friend of hers who is getting married in July. I found a challenge at Hobbyworld with the theme: 'anything goes', so I decided to join the challenge with this card.

The backgound is inspired by a technique in Craftstamper. I glued different papers and shapes on to  a heavy paper with gel medium and then I covered it all with a layer of gesso. I added a die-cutted tree and painted the birds and hearts with Twinkling H2O's. Finally I added baker's twine and a heartshaped charm.



Close-up

MATERIAL:
DIE:
Wild Rose Studio: Love Bird Tree
INK:
Twinkling H20's: hunter grey, apple blossom, rich cocoa, deep coral
OTHER:
Different kinds of scrap paper
Gel medium
Gesso
Baker's Twine
Heartshaped charm

Craft Stamper is looking for reader submissions for their Ready, Set, Stamp feature for the October issue. I relly liked the theme and the colors so I decided to have a go.

I found an old stationary I have kept to make cards from which I think suited this theme. I'm also in love with these cute birds from Lawn Fawn so I decided to use them as well. I think I use them on everything at the moment!

The card was really quick to make. I wanted the card CAS but in order to get some structure and layers I cut a panel from the same paper and distressed the edges a bit. The same with the banner with the text. I added gold foil on the text to get it extra sparkling.
The birds and the heart were stamped on a scrap piece of paper and then cut out. I coloured them with ProMarkers and then I added 3D Glaze and fun flock. I tried to get the glitter in the fun flock all over the bird but the fun flock itself just on the chest. I stamped the birds directly on the card and glued the cut out bird on top to get an extra bit of dimension.

You color my world!

Close-up

MATERIAL:
STAMPS:
Lawn Fawn - Hello Sunshine
Paper Smootches - Sentiment Sampler (AIS013)
INK:
StazOn - Jet Black
Emboss - Embossing ink
Ranger - Sticky EP
ProMarker - Pink Mittens, Fuchsia Pink, Pink carnation, Gold, Saffron
NeonMarker - Electrik Pink
OTHER:
Old stationary from recycled paper
Gold leaf
Sequins from Dollar Store
Fun flock in pink from YouDo
3D Crystal Glaze

Scrap och Tings juniutmaning!

Don't let anyone steal your shine!

I Scrap och Tings juniutmaning skulle man skapa utefter en bingobricka. Jag valde raden på diagonalen - spets, guld och rosa. Kortet har jag gjort till en tjej som verkligen skiner men kämpar lite i motvind ibland. Jag kommer att skicka kortet som en RAK och jag hoppas att tjejen blir både överraskad och glad! Jag är faktiskt himla nöjd med kortet! ;-)



Scrap och Tings bingobricka

Först av allt så duttade jag på lim lite här och var på kortet för att sedan guldfoliera det. Det kändes lite fattigt så jag målade svaga strålar i bakgrunden med hjälp av en promarker och en stencil. Fåglarna är färglagda med promarkers och sedan med en glitterpenna. Jag lindade lite garn runt stjärnan för att likna ett bo och sedan limmade jag fast fåglarna.

Närbild - här ser man guldfolieringen bättre

MATERIAL:
STÄMPLAR:
Lawn Fawn - Hello Sunshine
FÄRG:
ProMarker - Fuchsia Pink, Pink Carnation, Morning Mist, Gold, Cool Grey
ZIG - Wink of Stella - Gl. Clear 999
ANNAT:
Tim Holtz -Rays THIS003
Guldfolie och lim
Spets från Tiger
Glow-in-the-dark-stjärna
Garn
Dymo

Scrap Africa - Sketch Challenge no. 52

You are My Star!

I found an interesting sketch challenge at Scrap Africa and decided to have a go. I saw the grey pattern, the chevron, the film strip and the "photos" in the sketch. I knew I had grey cards and grey envelopes so I wanted to create something in different shades of grey with a splash of color. It was also fun to make the fake polaroid photos I made a while ago so I wanted to make some more.  I really liked how the cards turned out with all the layers!




The sketch

I started by stamping different patterns in the background with different greyish inks. I embossed the chevron stamp with my absolute favourite embossing powder of them all - Suze Weinbergs UTEE: platinum. I love the effekt it gives! Then I added a diecutted chevron (I actually think it's a photo corner but when you put them in a row it looks like a chevron pattern) and a diecutted star. When I added the star I came to think of the glow-in-the-dark stars that were popular to put in the ceiling  of children's rooms a while ago. So I just had to get some! I really love that pale green color! And I thought it would look good together with the green in my fake polaroid photo. Finally, I added a film strip, a text made with my dymo and some staplers.

I just love this little bird!

The layers

Close-up

MATERIAL:
STAMPS:
Gummiapan - "chevron"
Kaiserkraft - birdcage CS800, Grid CS755
Stampers Anonymous - Boundless flight
Cocoa Daisy - "arabian pattern"
Lawn Fawn - Hello Sunshine
INK & COLOR:
Hero Arts - Shadow Ink - grey
Memories - Hero Arts Shadow Stamps - Soft Stone
Versa Color - 83 Chateau Grey, 181 Vanilla
ProMarkers: Liem Zest, Soft Lime, Eggnog
DIES:
Sizzix - For the Record 659108, Squares 657565
OTHER:
Pink Paisley - Heidi Swapp - Septemper Skies (paper)
Suze Weinbergs Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (EP)
StazOn - jet Black
Emboss - Embossing Stamp Pad
Glitter Flakes - Recycled plastic from Panduro
3D Crystal Glaze - YouDo
Dymo
Staplers

Gummiapan - utmaning #1

The sky is the limit

Gummiapan är nog ett av mina svenska favoritstämpelföretag. Jag har länge gillat deras Clean And Simple-stil och blev jätteglad när jag hittade den här utmaningen. Jag letade genast reda på alla mina TRE (!) gummiapanstämplar och satte mig vid mitt skrivbord.

Utmaningen består i att skapa något med Gummiapans produkter under temat 'sommar'. Sommar för mig är en blå himmel och fågelsång.

Jag färgade in ett papper med tre olika blåa färger för att skapa en himmel. Stämplade moln och en fågel och embossade med vitt embossingpulver. Stämplade och embossade texten på vellum och sydde fast allt på kortet.
Jag ville egentligen lägga till något mer bredvid texten, men det tog fokus från det stämplade motivet så jag lät bli. Kände att kortet fick vara klart så, men att den embossade texten var lite solkig. Hittade en papperstuss i soporna och skulle bara gnugga bort det men såg till min fasa att den hade färgat av sig på kortet! Nu i efterhand så blev det ju precis det lilla extra som kortet behövde!

Närbild

MATERIAL:
STÄMPLAR:
Sunny Side Up - Paper Smooches
Flygande birdie - Gummiapan
Stort moln - Gummiapan
FÄRG:
Distress Ink Pad - broken china, tumbled glass, salty ocean
Emboss - Embossing Stamp Pad
ANNAT:
Vellum
Vitt embossingpulver - Panduro
Symaskin och vit tråd